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Credit bureau CEOs face tough questions at Senate hearing; Democrats push to remove medical debt

BY: - April 28, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators grilled the executives of three major credit reporting bureaus Thursday on whether their practices are transparent and fair to consumers, with Democrats frequently pressing the CEOs to remove medical debt from the reports.   Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, said all […]

Seattle is one of the college towns where big real estate firms are colluding on rising apartment rents, according to a federal lawsuit. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Real estate tech company faces scrutiny over alleged collusion with landlords on rent

BY: - November 15, 2022

A Texas-based real estate tech company is facing a new barrage of questions about whether its software is helping landlords coordinate rental pricing in violation of antitrust laws. Seventeen Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter Monday to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission asking the agencies to […]